Wiping disk space
By mawalie420 •
I've put up an external storage drive for sale and need to shred all the sensitive data (once stored) in it to be completely wiped out without the ability to be recovered by any 3rd party software or computer pundits out there... period!
So far I've fully formatted and wiped out the drive by using basic 1 pass through the C Cleaner. There are other options available in C Cleaner, like the Department of Defense 3 pass and Gutman 35 pass, but these takes forever.
Is there anything else need be done. Kindly fill in. Thanks.
I used ccleaner wipe drive 1-pass and then used recuva and couldn't find anything. So it works!
This is useful information I found:
http://security.calpoly.edu/docs/policy/Security_HardDrive_DBAN-Guide_120505.pdf
http://www.killdisk.com/features.htm
A few seconds in the microwave will remove all the porn data :P
Acronys software which can be downloaded from WD site, it will format your HDD completely for sure!